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CHILLICOTHE
HOLIDAY PARADE 2007
WELCOME
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
C-T Photo / Megan Neis The spirit of Christmas was evident in Chillicothe this weekend as thousands of people lined the streets for the 2006 Holiday Parade held Saturday morning on Washington Street. Nativity scenes, winter scenes, antique vehicles and bands playing Christmas music, all celebrated the theme “Christmas Blessings” as they participated in the parade. Bishop Hogan School's fifth through eighth graders took home the Grand Marshal Trophy for their float. The 60th annual Holiday Parade had a total of 113 entries and was sponsored by Hedrick Medical Center. Grand Marshals were Jim and Norma Johnson of Chillicothe and Santa Claus made a special trip to town on Saturday to end the parade with the CHS Cheerleaders. Parade entries were judged on use of theme, originality and appearance. The Mrs. Missouri and Missouri Princess float received first place in the business category and SkillPath's entry, “Sleigh Ride,” took home second place honors. Livingston Manor Care Center received third place in the business category. Chillicothe Medical Clinic and their Partners in Education, Brandi Ellis' second grade class, received first place in the non-profit organization category. Second place in this category was awarded to The Baptist Home. St. John's Lutheran Church received third place in the non-profit organization category. “CeCe Lady” by Phyllis Collier from Laclede received first place in the animal division of the parade. Second place was awarded to “Ponies Are Us!” by the Mammen Family, and the Missouri Llama Association received third place.
Bishop Hogan
Dinner Auction Raises $70,000
C-T Photo / Paul Sturm "The generosity of the people was astounding to me.” Tom Hermes, pastor To say that the third annual dinner auction for Bishop Hogan Memorial School Saturday evening was a success may be somewhat of an understatement. The event, which is the largest annual fund-raiser the school holds netted $70,000 - a whopping $20,000 more than the amount raised during last year's installment. Father Tom Hermes said he was more than surprised by the dinner auction's success. “It more than exceeded my expectations,” Hermes said, adding, “The generosity of the people was astounding to me. The support for the school in this community is great.” He attributed the night's success to the hard work of the event's organizers and volunteers and the sheer excitement surrounding the auction. “This being my first year here I noticed a great mixture of people from throughout the community and a great deal of generosity from the store owners and contributors in the community,” Hermes said. Over 300 people attended the event, which featured a silent auction, a catered dinner and a live auction with Col. Mike Miller and David May. The theme was “Evening With the Stars.” Some of the highly sought after items on the live auction proved to be the coin collections donated by Father Larry Spiechienger, a former pastor at St. Columban Catholic Church, a trip to the Lake of the Ozarks and a catered dinner at the church rectory for three couples with Bishop Robert Finn, Bishop of the Kansas City and St. Joseph Diocese. The event started at 5 p.m. with the silent auction and continued with the dinner and live auction which featured 84 items - the last of which sold at around midnight. All funds raised through the event go into the school's general operations fund. Bishop Hogan Dinner, Auction Gross Over $40,000C-T Photos and Article, Paul Sturm & Cathy Stortz-Ripley April 20, 2004
C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz Ripley The Bishop Hogan Memorial School dinner and auction which was held at the school on Saturday, was a big success bringing in a over $40,000. According to Jean Hinkebein, Bishop Hogan principal, this is the first year for the dinner and auction. "It was way beyond what we ever expected," she said of the event. "We're going to plan for next year." A crowd of over 300 showed up to support the school at the dinner and auction. All proceeds from the event will be used toward school operations. "We had a wonderful crowd and it all went beautifully," she said. Hinkebein said that the school usually has several small fund-raisers to raise money for the school, and this year school officials decided to do a larger fund-raising event. She reported that the school plans to continue with the dinner and auction, making it an annual event, and not do so many small fund-raisers. Next year, school officials will begin planning the event probably in August and will be getting extra help for next year's dinner and auction, according to Hinkebein. "The biggest thing is the support of the community," she said. The community was outstanding." The event began with a social hour and a silent auction. During the silent auction, several categories of items were set up in different school classrooms. Approximately 300 items were donated to the silent and oral auctions by different vendors and individuals.
Caption: Dave May served as one of three auctioneers at the Bishop Hogan Memorial School's dinner and auction which was held on Saturday. Over 300 items were donated by local vendors and individuals and were sold during a silent auction and an oral auction. More than $40,000 was grossed at the fund-raising event. Other auctioneers who volunteered their time were Mike Miller and Doug Bonnett. C-T Photo / Paul Sturm
Students in grades five through eight at at Bishop Hogan Memorial School presented a program about Dr. Martin Luther King on Friday afternoon at the school. The program included remarks from several students, including LeAnne Mathew and music provided by the chorus. The program highlighted King's life and his mission toward racial equality. Bishop Hogan School was closed today in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday.
BISHOP
HOGAN MEMORIAL
LIVE NATIVITY 12 21 05
Catholic Schools Week Events 2005 We had a great Catholic Schools Week the week of Jan. 29th thru Feb. 4th. Here is what we did to celebrate! We also had a very successful annual Chili Supper and Basket Auction on Friday, February 4th!
Shoppers gather goodies for bargain
prices at the yard sale, one of many features of the 31st annual
St. Columban Fall Festival held each September. Funds raised from the
sale go to St. Columban Church and Bishop Hogan Memorial School. Wednesday,
April 28, 2004
The
8th grade class entertained a large crowd Wednesday evening
during the school's annual talent show.
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 Gladys Trager of Chillicothe makes $10,000 gift
to Bishop Hogan School
Thursday, July 2, 1998 -- Gladys Trager of Chillicothe recently made a $10,000 gift donation to Bishop Hogan Memorial School of Chillicothe to be used for capital improvements to the main school building. Mrs. Trager is a member of St. Columban Catholic Church, which operates the school. On hand to accept the gift were Bishop Hogan principal, Jeanne Hinkebein, right, and Father Matt Rotert, new pastor of St. Columban. Constitution Tribune photo by Bob Carter |
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Fr. Matt Rotert
New Pastor at St. Columban Church
The Rev. Rotert, who began his duties here Thursday, June 18, replaces the Rev. Reginald Sander, O.S.B., who served as pastor for nearly three years. The Rev. Sander, a monk from Conception Abbey at Conception, Missouri, has been re-assigned to the pastorate of St. Paul the Apostle parish at Tarkio and St. Benedict parish of Burlington Junction in northwest Missouri. "Father Reginald had been the prefect on my dorm floor my first year at Conception (Seminary College), and I came up to visit him last August to look the parish over because he had told me that there was a chance the abbey would be giving the parish back to the diocese and he'd be leaving." The abbey had supplied monks as pastors for the Chillicothe church since 1971. The diocese assigned the parish priests during 1914-1971 after a period of 36 years during the late 1800's and early 1900's in which the priests had been supplied by the Franciscans (Order of St. Francis). When Abbot Gregory Polan informed Bishop Bolan that the abbey could no longer provide the priest for the 500-family Chillicothe parish, the bishop turned to his staff of diocesan priests and found Rotert, who will celebrate his 31st birthday in August, anxious to serve here. "I enjoy it all," he says of his priestly duties, "but I really like working with kids in school . . .I am very happy to be here and look forward to being here for a good while." He says one of the ministries he'll spend time on is "reaching out to parish members who, for whatever reason, haven't been attending Mass." He also notes the church structure, including its stained glass windows, needs some touch-up work. In replacing Sander, Rotert says parishoners will find "we might be different, personality-wise, but our view of the church is very similar." The new local priest's view of the church's mission is to "be a sacramental sign of Christ's presence in the world, to give the call to conversion to belief in God, and proclaim the truth of God as revealed to us in his word." Rotert's parents continue to reside in Montrose, a town of about 500 residents southwest of Clinton and just west of the west edge of Truman Reservoir. After attending elementary school there, Rotert went to St. John's Seminary in Kansas City to start high school. After that school closed, he switched to Savior of the World Seminary High School in Kansas City, Kansas, from which he graduated in 1985. He then attended Conception Seminary College for four years, then went to theology school in Mundelein Seminary in Chicago. "It was a real gradual process," Rotert recalls of his decision to be ordained into the priesthood. "I went to the seminary high school, but the scales really tipped for me, I think, while I was in college. I felt certain this was what God was calling me to do." Following his ordination by Bishop Bolan at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City on June 4, 1994, he served as associate pastor of Christ the King parish at 85th Street and Wornall Raod in Kansas City until 1997. He then was assigned to the Lee's Summit parish for the past year before receiving his appointment to the parish here.
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BISHOP
HOGAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL POSTAL
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Generosity was flowing freely at the third annual dinner auction for Bishop Hogan Memorial School Saturday night. The event, which is the largest annual fund-raiser for the school, netted $70,000, which is $20,000 more than the amount raised last year.
Jan. 29 & Jan. 30
- Students will read and do the petitions at all Masses.
Monday, June 29, 1998 -- The Rev. Matt Rotert, a 30-year-old native of Montrose, Missouri, and a priest since June, 1994, has been assigned as new pastor of St. Columban Catholic Church parish in Chillicothe by Bishop Raymond Bolan of the church's Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese.
